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Enduro legend , took third . Putting in a strong showing throughout the two laps , Jonny Walker ( Beta ) just didn ’ t have an answer for Jarvis in the closing stages and had to be content with fourth . Shadowing Jarvis off the line , Alfredo Gomez ( Husqvarna ) kept close to his teammate during the opening lap . But with Jarvis finding another gear on lap two , the Spaniard wasn ’ t able to go with him , ending his race fifth . The FIM Hard Enduro World Championship continues with round four at Red Bull Romaniacs in Romania on July 27-31 . Billy Bolt ( Husqvarna ): “ It ’ s awesome to pull off the win - it ’ s been a dream weekend for me to be honest . I came here wanting to show that my pace at Extreme XL Lagares was no fluke and that I ’ m ready for the riverbeds and climbs and I got to show that . The race itself was a bit of a blur , it was proper intense . I messed the early river section up and Mani got on my wheel , and we just battled from there . He had me in the Minestrone Rock Garden , but I felt strong in the woods . On the final lap I just went for the pass , made it stick and hung it out for the win !” Manuel Lettenbichler ( KTM ): “ I ’ m a little bummed not to have won , but second is definitely a great start to the season and the pace we had over the rest of the field was very strong . I can ’ t complain with my riding , I gave it everything and it was a good fight with Billy . I caught him early in the river and we rode back
and forth together for most of the race . It came down to the wire , but just didn ’ t go my way . But it ’ s good to know where my pace is at now and with what we showed today , there ’ s going to be a lot more tight battles to come .” Graham Jarvis ( Husqvarna ): “ My qualification wasn ’ t too good with ninth , so I had a good bit of traffic in front of me most of the way through . I rode too tense on the first lap and struggled to find a decent rhythm - especially with those early riverbed sections . Gradually I got the speed up and lap two was much better . We gambled on not refuelling and it worked out in our favour . I think my speed and fitness was there to get up with the top two , but the early issues didn ’ t make it possible . But I ’ m looking forward now for Red Bull Romaniacs .”
FIM Hard Enduro World Championship Round 3 Results
1 . Billy Bolt ( Husqvarna ) 1:44:36 2 . Manuel Lettenbichler ( KTM ) + 41.686 3 . Graham Jarvis ( Husqvarna ) + 13:37.827 4 . Jonny Walker ( Beta ) + 14:35.019 5 . Alfredo Gomez ( Husqvarna ) + 15:03.058 6 . Taddy Blazusiak ( GASGAS ) + 17:52.934 7 . Mario Roman ( Sherco ) + 27:48.692 8 . Wade Young ( Sherco ) + 29:42.319 9 . Michael Walkner ( GASGAS ) + 30:15.407 10 . Francesc Moret Clota ( Rieju ) + 45:24.961
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